Can only enter first digit of product key

[ohno]

I'm trying to activate Office Home & Student 2007 on my son's new laptop, and
the activation wizard will only allow me to enter the first digit of the
product code into the text box.

I've tried copy/pasting the product key from notepad, which enters nothing
into the text box.

This happens whether I try to activate & install directly from the Office CD
or via the Office activation assistant already on the computer. I have no
other programs open.

Info I found similar to this, but involving Works 95:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/136701

The article suggests registering the product the key by using the Run command.

If I tried this, would this be the correct syntax?

<drive letter>:\msoffice\setup /K"<CD Key Value>"

I also uninstalled/reinstalled the Sans Serif fonts, which did not help.

Thanks.

 

[Gyorgy Moldova [MVP]]

Not really. prepopulating a product key requires updating the config.xml
file

for details, see http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=80&t=72392

hth
g

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